Vassar’s skateboard community rolls on
You hear them before you see them. The rumbling sound of spinning wheels gliding across cracks in the sidewalk. Sneakers hitting boards, boards making contact with pavement. At Vassar, it’s…
Day: October 1, 2020
Loeb exhibits migrant retablos from the border
Retablos, also called ex-votos, are votive paintings made to thank a religious figure for the future or past help during a difficult time. They’re usually painted on small sheets of…
Notes on a Playlist: “Soundtrack to Young Love”
I fell for Frank Ocean in November 2018, around the same time I struck up my first romance. Gazing pensively out of the window as I drove to the airport…
Deece doors open up problems of ableism
At the front of the Deece, Declan Cassidy ’22 feels an immediate sense of worthlessness as he stands near two massive doors in the middle. “They feel like gates to…
HYPE encourages all to join them in distanced dancing
HYPE, Vassar’s only non-audition hip-hop dance group, welcomes students with varying degrees of dance experience. According to their Facebook page, this eclectic group of dancers includes “ballerinas, cheerleaders, hip-hoppers, modern…
A bright future brewing for coffee connoisseurs
Anna Guttman-McCabe ’22 and Xan Wolstenholme-Britt ’22 were both baristas in high school. As we talked, one of the first things I noticed was their enthusiasm for beans and milk…